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<p>The Department’s policy is that staff should always seek to book standard class
rail travel for Ministers and Civil Servants, and only by exception should first class
rail travel be permitted. Expenditure on first class train travel was as shown in
the following table. For 2022, the amounts shown are to the end of August only.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>First Class Train travel</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a)
Ministers</p></td><td><p>£5,168</p></td><td><p>£3,923</p></td><td><p>£3,011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b)
Civil Servants</p></td><td><p>£627</p></td><td><p>£3,452</p></td><td><p>£2,694</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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